Bundesliga

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Goncalo Paciencia: Competition is good for the team

Goncalo Paciencia spent four months of this season sidelined with a knee injury, but after intensive rehabilitation the Portuguese has made his comeback, giving head coach Dimitrios Grammozis a boost to his attacking options. Paciencia followed up a 15-minute cameo performance against Leverkusen with a substitute appearance at home to FC Augsburg, in which he helped to close out the 1-0 win and seal three hard-fought points for the Royal Blues.

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Ralf Fährmann: Happy with the win, realistic about the situation

Ralf Fährmann had to miss five Bundesliga matches with a rib injury before celebrating his comeback in the 1-0 win against FC Augsburg. It proved to be a very successful return.

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Suat Serdar: We earned the victory as a team

Suat Serdar could hardly have imagined a better birthday! On the day he turned 24, the midfielder gifted himself the present of the winning goal against FC Augsburg on Sunday. Serdar was the quickest to react to a loose ball and turned home the rebound in the 4th minute to give the Royal Blues all three points.

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Dimitrios Grammozis: This win came from desire and passion

After Schalke’s 1-0 win against FC Augsburg, both coaches gave their thoughts on the game at the post-match press conference. Schalke04.de bring you these quotes plus some words from Klaas-Jan Huntelaar.

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Serdar scores the winner as S04 beat FC Augsburg

The Royal Blues won 1-0 at home against FC Augsburg on Sunday (11/4). Suat Serdar's early strike put S04 ahead, before a solid defensive performance centred on goalkeeper Ralf Fährmann in the second half saw them come out on top.

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Dimitrios Grammozis: Reward our hard work with a positive result

FC Schalke 04 host FC Augsburg at the VELTINS-Arena this Sunday (11/04) from 15:30 CEST. “We want to reward our hard work over the past weeks not just with a good performance, but also with a positive result,” said head coach Dimitrios Grammozis at his pre-match press conference.

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Klaas-Jan Huntelaar: That’s the way we have to go

For the first time since his return to Gelsenkirchen in January, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar played the full 90 minutes and scored his first goal for the Royal Blues in almost four years. For the 37-year-old, it could have been a successful afternoon of football in Leverkusen if not for the scoreline, as Schalke were narrowly defeated 2-1 by the ‘Werkself’.

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Klaas-Jan Huntelaar now Schalke's oldest goalscorer in the Bundesliga

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar added his name to the Schalke record books following his goal in Saturday’s (03/04) game at the BayArena. The Dutchman is now the oldest Bundesliga goalscorer in S04 history, aged 37 years and 234 days.

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Dimitrios Grammozis: We played as a team

Dimitrios Grammozis was satisfied with his side’s performance but not the result on Saturday (3/4). Leverkusen coach Hannes Wolf reflected on his team’s win after the game, while Sead Kolasinac also gave his thoughts.

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Narrow 2-1 defeat in Leverkusen

FC Schalke 04 lost 2-1 away to Bayer 04 Leverkusen on Saturday afternoon (3/4). Lucas Alario (26’) and Patrik Schick (72’) scored for the hosts, while Klaas-Jan Huntelaar pulled one back nine minutes before the close.

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Dimitrios Grammozis: Be brave and take players on

After the international break, the Bundesliga is back this weekend. FC Schalke 04 are in action away at Bayer 04 Leverkusen on Saturday (3/4, 15:30 CEST). A number of players could return from injury to become available for Dimitrios Grammozis.

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Dates and times for Matchdays 29 to 32

On Thursday (25 March), the DFL (German Football League) released the kick-off times for matchdays 29 to 32. The dates and times for the final two games of the season were already set, due to all games being played simultaneously on those matchdays.